[Burdzthewurd]

I did a Spring Break to Vegas last year, but on the much cheaper way of staying in a hostel downtown. Yeah sharing a room with a bunch of dudes sucks (especially considering I'd go to my room at 10pm before going out and everyone was already sleeping lol), but there were a lot of hot foreign girls there, free BBQs, free tequila nights, pool, hot tub, and people who worked there knew all the hot spots (there's another one called Sin City Hostel that's fairly close to the Strip which is also good). The dorms cost $19/night and the regular rooms cost $40ish. You can get cheap rooms during the week at places like Orleans, Casino Royale, Imperial, or O'Shea's.

GL renting a car, you have to pay an extreme fine if you're under 26, but the buses run 24/7 with a good amount of pick-up points, and it's $4/day or $2/ride, but if you stay on the strip, you won't need it much unless going downtown.

Also if your buddies have short rolls and want to play NL, they should still have the $50 BI 1/2 game at Luxor which is really juicy (I think you can rebuy to $100 once you get under $50). Lots of 5/10 guys come over there to steam and spew off chips.

As far as flights, no need to book anytime soon, wait til' late December at the earliest IMO. I had great success with Name Your Own Price on Priceline and got a flight RT from Boston for $230.